Emergency horseshoe attachment.



A. ROTH. EMERGENCY HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12,1910.

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. To all ivhom 'it mcy'cohice rnr im'ron Born, on NEW Bmmswrcx nnw JnQs YQAsSI GNoR -O rwomrrrns, 1 ".SAMUELY W. vsnnrvniar, or-itnw nngnivswm r, J- SEYJQ 'B eit known that I, ANTON zen-cf the: United States, residing. at New fBrunswilck, in thecounty of Middlesex and State-- of ..1 ew .Jer sey,-' have'inlventeda new and 'useful Emergency Horseshoe Attach nent, ".of whichithe iollowingis a specifica-" horseshoe attachineht and it consists in the 1 novel construction 2 and arrangement-of its parts hereinafter shown and described;

Theobject of the invention-is to provide.

a simple structureiofthe character indicated which may be' re'adily attached to the shoe- 'while'upon.,t he hoof of thehorse and readily detached from the sameL'fThe partsare so assembled'that while they do not reject or interfere with the-"free, movemen, and the. 'ns'eofthe limbs of the animal-atthe same time-the attachment is securely'held in'place;

andis efi'ectually braced against all strains '..tive'view of the attachment. 25

transverse sectional view of the intermediate -memberjof the attachment.- Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofa strap end securing-devicewhich may be used upon the-attachment.

,The attachment consists of an intermedi 2 henieniber 1 ;i s provided at a pointin- .termediate of its ends with an elongated per- .foration 3 and the said member is provided .with anupstanding curved flange 4, which in :turn is provided at points between them 1 Trans-- talk 7 "is provided with a shank 8 which fits.

channels 6' and with 'forwardly projecting lugs '5. verselydisposed channels 6 are formed in the upper face of the member 1 and extend across thatportion of thesaid member in which the perforation 3 is located. A toesiiugly in the recess 3 andpins 9 lie in the ass transversely through perforations provided in the end portion of the shank 8 as ,il,l .-he-iexplained hereinafter;

. {{S'id W ember-s11 fare pivotally connected at-,..J'.theirforward"ends to theends offth'e iiitermediate-"jmember 1 andthe forward ends of the said" "side members 11 are re- Rorza, a Cltl "This invention has relation to an emergency Fig. 2 is a atemember 1: having undercut end pdrtion's nMnnenncYironsssiron I Specification-of Letters Patent; ffatented $131 .12, 1910." Application-filed November 1 1 1909. 'SeriaI ml 527,476. a a

the undercut extremities of the. saidinter} ceived' at 12 in, order to snugly receive:

mediate member 1. 'By" so joining the members together the uppier surfaces of all of theimenibers may lie in the same-plane and [the lo'werlsurfaces cf all of the members.

may lie in another, plane. Heel "ca1ks 13 are attachedtoxthefrearhend portions'of the side members .1" in a manner similar toflth'at explained forjgthe means of attaclnneut of The side. members; 1 are providedlat inher edges with. upstanding flanges .14;

- disposed lugs 15.

which i turn are provided withv outwardly h side membe sffl the vicinityrof;

" their ends are slotted" as at 16, ,and the. outer "edges of the" said members adjacent the said .slots: are recessed as flh'- 1-7t;1;ThE; recesses. 17: are approximately of the, j'sameflength as the slot "16; Lngs"18;/are eared upon the upper. sidesofthe-side meinhers 11 .at the rear endsgo f; thegr ecesses =17 in al'inement thenewithFiand ribe' and formed u on the was; sea s-a side at f; A here 11 immediatelyin 'fiont.0f.;th. forwallgl f and when the" sa d straps' are 1 brought; to-f ward each other..o verthe upper' portion of the hoof of'theanimahfithe outer side per y tions offtheloo'pformed at the'endsv ofthe tween the lugs'18- a'ndthe ribs 19'. Thus the forward and rear dges'of the stra where, the loops are formed thereina're e ectuallyf said strap lie snugly-in 'the' recesses 17 -be-";

protected against being brought in contact with the ob ects at=the front and rear ends of said loop. Any suitable means-{(asshown in Fig. 3) ma be provided for drawing and holding the ends of;-the strap together and if desired the inner faces ofthe straps may be padded with leather or other material.

To apply the attachment to the shoe-while u on the hoof of the animal; the interme diate memberl is' inserted between the 01) posite side portions of the shoe. The side 105 faces of the side portions of the shoe-and.

the lugs 15- are' projected.overlhenpper face-of the shoe. While this isbeing done. the attachment is moved longitudinally of theshoe order. that the heelsofi the shoe much as there is for the same upon the intermediate membermay be received between the lugs 18 and the flanges 14. The straps 20 are then swung up and secured over the upper forward portion of the hoof and the attachment is applied. v

In case the shoe to which the attachment is applied is perfectly smooth, the toe calk 7 is so positioned that its greater side portion 10 is rearwardly disposed, and the other side portion is then slightly flush with the 7 forward edge of the intermediate member 1 of the attachment. When however, the shoe is not perfectly smooth but still retains at its forward portion part of the original permanent toe calk, the calk 7 may be turned upon the intermediate member 1 of the attachment so that the greater. side 10 will project beyond the forward edge of the said member 1, and consequently the permanent are pivoted is that an intermediate or toe calk 7 r of maximum size may be used inassuflicient base or support 1 of the attachment. Thus it is not necessary to provide at the toe portion of the at tachment several toe calks of relatively small ed to carry heel calks,

edges recessed adjacent said. slots,

in the presence of two that the intermediate member 1 of the attachment' is provided with a fiangej tjwhich is adapted to fit snugly against the intermediate edge of the shoe and thus when the hoof is subjected to strain incident to forward movement of the animal, there is a directiibutment-for the intermediate portion of the permanent shoe.

Having described my invention what I claim is: l

1. A horse-shoe attachment comprising side members pivotally connected and adaptsaid members having their rear portions slotted and their opter ugs formed upon the upper sides of said members at the rear ends of the recesses, and ribs formed upon the lower sides of the members at. the forward ends of the recesses and slots. 2.. A horse-shoe attachment comprising an intermediate member adapted to carry a calk, side members adapted to carry heel walks and pivotally connected with the intermediate member, said members having at their 'outer edges lugs adapted to ear against the opposite outer edges of the pen 'I'nanentshoe, and straps hingedl attached {0 the side members in the vlcim ycf said c n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliired my signature witnesses.

. A NTON ROTH.

Witnesses:

E. HUMETALBERT, E. C. ScHLAn'r. 

